Chess club
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Chess club was the original gathering point for nerds. The importance of chess club in nerd culture has shrunk with the emergence of the neo-nerd movement, which focuses more on LAN parties and other activities outside of chess club. Chess clubs have not been entirely forgotten, however, a few are still maintained by dedicated nerds of the old-school of thought.
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[edit] Chess Club's Highpoint
During the days of classical nerdism, the chess club was a thriving center of nerd activity. No matter how few the nerds numbered in a community, they would organize a chess club for themselves, and would then strive to trick themselves into believing that it was a cool club, where only the coolest of people would dare venture. Others always held the chess club in contempt, but the inability of nerds to pick up on social cues protected them from the mockery.
[edit] The Fall of the Chess Club
The descent of chess club began innocently enough. Nerds began to take interest in other, less intellectual things (such as Magic: The Gathering) that were nonetheless still nerdy. So began the neo-nerd movement. Chess club was still relatively unharmed because nerds could play such games while at chess club. Chess club was suffering in the sense that it was losing focus on chess, but it's importance to nerd culture continued. People at some chess clubs still paid no attention when none of there members were playing chess at meeting anymore.
It was when video games began to be popular that chess club was noticeably suffering. Nerds were unable to bring their game systems or computers to meeting. Attendance began slowly going down as more and more nerds gave in to the worldly temptation of video games.
[edit] Live-Action Chess
In a desperate attempt to persuade members to come back, many chess clubs jumped the shark and created a new type of live-action chess, called by many, "The New Coke of Chess". Live-action chess was supposed to combine the two things supposedly drawing nerds away from chess club, physical recreation and cosplay.
The idea behind live-action chess was the people would play the role of different chess pieces on a life-size chess board. Two generals would each direct a "team" from beside the chess board. Many critics declared live-action chess to be, "A turn-based football, a really shitty one."
The attempt failed because the chess club leaders were entirely mistaken on why nerds were leaving chess club. Nerds never did, and probably never will want to exercise or loiter outdoors in general. Cosplay, though definitely a nerd phenomenon, was not drawing nerds away from chess club.
